Football: Dyer Doubtful for England Tour

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Kieron Dyer looks certain to miss the rest of the season after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury during Wednesday's draw against Middlesbrough.

Dyer, who hurt his hamstring two weeks ago in Newcastle United's Uefa Cup defeat against Sporting Lisbon, lasted half an hour of the goalless draw at St James' Park.

'Dyer's hamstring has gone completely,' the Newcastle manager, Graeme Souness, said yesterday. 'He will have a scan on it, but I think he knows himself that it has gone from the way he pulled up.

'Injuries like this one usually take six weeks " so I think it's fair to say that, at this stage of the season, he won't figure again before the …